The New Mommy Care Kit – 25 Essential Items

One of the best parts of being a midlife woman on this side of 50 is the arrival of grandchildren! I spent last week with my younger daughter and her new baby. There’s nothing better than the smell of a newborn baby! This is grandbaby #3 for us. After the birth of each baby in our family, I put together a special gift bag for the new mommies. I call this my New Mommy Care Kit and it is filled with items to aid in their recovery and pamper them during the first few weeks post-partum.

The New Mommy Care Kit – 25 Essential Items

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Big Panties to hold the phone book sized pads you have to wear after having a baby.

Since these panties will likely get stained, I purchased some inexpensive boy shorts .

Or for those who have had a C-section and don’t want anything rubbing against their incision some good, old-fashioned cotton briefs.

New moms, especially those who are nursing, tend to get dehydrated. To encourage her to drink plenty of water, get this Healthy Human Water Bottle that keeps her water cold up to 24 hours OR hot drinks warm up to 12 hours.

Nice to have items for New Moms

A month’s subscription to a Grocery Delivery Service such as Peapod,Safeway, Vons or Shipt (My daughters and I live in Texas and we LOVE Shipt!)

Extra set of sheets and an extra mattress pad. Many people don’t keep extra sheets and mattress pads on hand. They just wash them and re-make the bed. Those first few days post-partum, mom will likely need to change the bed several times and won’t want to have to wait for the bedding to get washed and dried before getting back in bed. Having extras on hand is just the little luxury that makes all the difference when you are sore and sleep-deprived!

Cathy, this is a great post. As I scrolled down I kept saying to myself “I wish I would have had that!” When we were getting ready for the birth of our kids we planned everything out so that the baby would have everything that we needed to care for them. But I didn’t think about myself or Bruce. These would have been terrific to have. I wish I would have planned ahead more, it would have made life so much easier. This is the perfect gift for new parents! Hands down my new go to gift! Thanks.

Congratulations Cathy and to your daughter and son-in-law – such an exciting time. I love this idea as sometimes we forget about the Mum and focus on the baby. Mums need some extra attention at this time and you have some cool ideas here. I usually give my family a house cleaner for 6 weeks until everyone settles in.

These are great ideas! So much has come out for new mommies since I had my babies and it’s great to have a list for those of us who haven’t been through this yet but are buying gifts for our friend’s grandbabies.

What a lucky daughter to have such a thoughtful mom. I hope the daughters today appreciate all this love and care that was unheard of years ago. Wonderful ideas in your package.
Kathleen
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Great ideas here! I need to check out some of those Earth Mama products. Some of them look like they would be super helpful. I also think the boobie bars are brilliant. I remember never having time to eat with my first, so I imagine it will be even more difficult this time around. Thanks for the list!

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